The Linden City Council
approved an employment agreement with its new City Manager Paul Zelenak at a
special meeting on Wednesday.

According to the
terms of Zelenak's employment agreement, his salary will be $70,000 and he
will be provided health insurance and a retirement plan. Zelenak also will
receive a yearly $3,600 car allowance.

Zelenak's first day
on the job will be April 18.

The city selected
Zelenak, Lake Orion village manager, as its new city manager in February.

Police Chief Scott
Sutter has been serving as the interim city manager after the city's previous
city manager, Mark Tallman, resigned
in September. At the time, all the city council would say was that Tallman
wasn't a "good fit." Tallman
was hired in April and had been on the job for four months.

Zelenak also will
be up for an initial six-month review and after that an annual review tied to
the city's budget cycle, as part of the terms.

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